Impact Investing Hub is hosting an impact investing series for social enterprises, not-for-profits, foundations, institutional and impact investors and professional advisors. This series aims to enhance understanding and practical applications of impact investing. This session is 3 of 3.

Buy tickets to the other two sessions here:

Impact Investing 101 | Friday 31 October, 12.00-1.00pm AEDT

Impact Investing in Asia | Friday 7 November, 12.00-1.00pm AEDT

Finance, Acquisitions, and Mergers | Friday 14th of November, 12.00PM - 1.00PM AEDT
Acquisition is a genuine model for starting a social enterprise. Dig into the challenges and opportunities of mergers and acquisitions and think about what great outcomes look like.

Learning Outcomes

In this session you will:

Understand acquisitions and mergers as a viable model for starting or scaling a social enterprise, including the key opportunities and challenges.
Identify what great outcomes look like in mission-driven mergers or acquisitions, balancing financial sustainability with social impact.
Explore how impact investing can be used to finance acquisitions and collaborations in the social sector.

Facilitator

Jessica Mendoza-Roth

Jessica is the Founder and Director of the Social Impact Hub. The Social Impact Hub collaborates with social purpose organisations to advise, educate and mobilise capital to accelerate change. Jessica is also a consultant to the impact investment sector, having served as the Impact Strategist for Blue River Group, an independent impact investment services firm, and opened the Sydney office of Impact Investment Group. Previously, Jessica was a Solicitor at King & Wood Mallesons in Sydney. She holds a B.A. and LL.B. (with First Class Honours) from UNSW and a LL.M. from Harvard Law School, where she was the recipient of the R.G. Menzies Scholarship to Harvard, and she studied social entrepreneurship, philanthropy and impact investing.